The International Criminal Court (ICC) allows prosecutors to add seven additional killing incidents to the crimes against humanity case against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, while ordering the removal of one incident from the trial materials. Outlets report that the ICC’s Trial Chamber III partly grants the prosecution’s request to expand the charges, tied to incidents they say fall within the scope of the pretrial-confirmed murder counts.
According to the coverage, the chamber strikes out one item—referred to as “Incident 57”—because it falls outside the time period covered by the charge as filed. One outlet also notes the court orders updates to the prosecution’s witness and evidence list to reflect the deleted incident, alongside the inclusion of the other seven. The reporting focuses on procedural rulings that shape the case record ahead of trial rather than on determining liability or the final number of incidents at the merits stage.
